Fairfax in Renville County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Veterans Memorial

Photographed By K. Linzmeier, May 5, 2014

1. Veterans Memorial

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

A Tribute to All
Who Have Served Us
in War and Peace
Making Us Proud
to Be Americans

US Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #8459
US American Legion Post #205

For God and Country

Erected 1992 by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #8459; American Legion Post #205.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 44° 31.588′ N, 94° 43.197′ W. Marker is in Fairfax, Minnesota, in Renville County. Memorial is on 2nd Avenue Southeast west of 1st Street Southeast, on the left when traveling west. Memorial is at Depot Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 200 Park Street South, Fairfax MN 55332, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Powder Magazines (approx. 5.1 miles away); Log Buildings (approx. 5.1 miles away); Camp Women (approx. 5.1 miles away); Attack from the Northeast (approx. 5.1 miles away); Who Lived in the Barracks? (approx. 5.1 miles

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away); Bakehouse (approx. 5.1 miles away); Stone Barracks (approx. 5.1 miles away); Garrison Life Was Like Clockwork (approx. 5.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fairfax.

Photographed By K. Linzmeier, May 5, 2014

2. Veterans Memorial

Photographed By K. Linzmeier, May 5, 2014

3. Veterans Memorial

Depot Park

Reverse of Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By K. Linzmeier, May 5, 2014

4. Reverse of Memorial

Dedicated July 10, 1992

Nearby Fairfax Depot Museum image. Click for full size.

Photographed By K. Linzmeier, May 5, 2014

5. Nearby Fairfax Depot Museum

Circa 1883 railway station on its original site.
National Register of Historic Places #86001921
Listed July 24, 1986

Credits. This page was last revised on December 27, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 4, 2014, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 366 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 4, 2014, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.